[How that's always an unexpected turn when it really shouldn't be, he doesn't know. He's too used to, too expectant of, the opposite. Angry family, pleading parents, as if any of that ever did any goddamn good.
He stops short, and that grimace melts. (But he'll say it doesn't. It just isn't useful at all, and this definitely isn't...cute. Ugh.) He gives her a defeated sort of sigh, even if he is--just a little--flattered.]
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He stops short, and that grimace melts. (But he'll say it doesn't. It just isn't useful at all, and this definitely isn't...cute. Ugh.) He gives her a defeated sort of sigh, even if he is--just a little--flattered.]
I guess we'll find out. So let's see it, kid.
[What can you do?]